# Roger Swerts

Roger Swerts (born 28 December 1942) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. As an amateur he placed 18th in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1965 UCI Road World Championships. He turned professional later in 1965.

## Major results
### 1962

    2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Stage 5

### 1964

    1st Stage 10 Tour de l'Avenir

### 1965

    3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
    4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    7th Overall Course de la Paix

### 1966

    1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour of Belgium
    4th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th La Flèche Wallonne
    6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

### 1967

    4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

### 1968

    1st Grand Prix de Monaco
    1st Stage 6a Volta a Catalunya
    4th Brabantse Pijl
    4th Heist-op-den-Berg
    5th Sassari-Cagliari
    6th Overall Tour of Belgium
    8th Giro del Veneto
    8th Omloop der Zennevallei

### 1969

    1st Züri–Metzgete
    1st Stage 1b (TTT) Tour de France
    5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
    6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    6th Trofeo Laigueglia
    6th Omloop van de Fruitstreek
    7th Druivenkoers Overijse

### 1970

    1st Stage 3a (TTT) Tour de France

### 1971

    1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
    1st Prologue (TTT) Tour de France
    2nd Brussels–Ingooige
    4th Züri–Metzgete
    6th Paris–Tours
    8th Amstel Gold Race
    8th Brabantse Pijl
    10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

### 1972

    1st Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Stages 4 & 5b (ITT)
    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    1st Grand Prix des Nations
    1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Stage 12b (ITT) Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 1a (ITT) Escalada a Montjuïc
    1st Stage 3b (TTT) Tour de France
    2nd Gran Premio di Lugano
    3rd Brabantse Pijl
    4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    6th Tour of Flanders
    9th Tour du Condroz
    10th La Flèche Wallonne
    10th Züri–Metzgete

### 1973

    1st Druivenkoers Overijse
    1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Prologue (TTT)
       Held after Prologue
    3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 5b (ITT)
    7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    9th Road race, National Road Championships
    9th Overall Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 6a & 6b (TTT)

### 1974

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour of Belgium
    7th Brabantse Pijl
    8th Ronde van Limburg
    9th Circuit des Onze Villes
    10th Overall Vuelta a España
       1st Prologue, Stages 8a & 12
       Held after Prologue & Stage 1
    10th Gent–Wevelgem

### 1975

    1st Heist-op-den-Berg
    Vuelta a España
       1st Prologue
       Held after Prologue & Stage 1
    3rd Dwars door België
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Tour of Belgium
    7th Paris–Roubaix
    8th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
    9th Gent–Wevelgem
    9th Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen

### 1976

    7th Amstel Gold Race
    8th Brabantse Pijl

### 1977

    8th Overall Tour of Belgium

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 10 | 29 | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 25 | — | 53 | 21 | 16 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 41 | 63 | 54 | — | 44 | 24 | 35 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

Monuments results timeline :
| Monument | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | 143 | — | 30 | 34 | 26 | 35 | 55 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | 61 | 6 | — | 14 | 18 | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | 15 | 29 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | 7 | 17 | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 6 | 19 | — | 6 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 |
| Giro di Lombardia | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |

### Major championship results timeline

| | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
| World Championships | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | — | 10 | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| National Championships | 37 | 5 | 14 | — | 27 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |